TMZ reports that West requested the “15-minute sitdown” meeting with the controversial billionaire-turned-politician.

E! News reports that Kanye met with Trump “to discuss a potential role for the rapper” and the possibility of West becoming an “ambassador of sorts”. The report claims: “Trump is interested in getting West involved in an ‘entrepreneurial leadership role.’”

Video footage has emerged of West embracing Trump in front of cameras. Trump claimed that the pair had been friends for a “long time” and West was asked if he was going to play Trump’s inauguration. Watch below.